Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cora (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cora. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Cora is located in Sullivan County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Sullivan County: Adair, Grundy, Linn, Macon, Mercer & Putnam.
Below are the counties that are near Cora. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cora:
- Sullivan County (The home county of Cora)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
- Owasco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - Humphreys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Sticklerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sticklerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Winigan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Boynton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Osgood
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest) - Green City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Green City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
- Green City is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Greencastle
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greencastle
- Greencastle is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greencastle <1>
- Pollock
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north) - Harris
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Harris is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 55 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harris <1>
- Pennville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Adair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Nind ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Danforth ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast) - Novinger
(23 miles [37 km] to the east) - Yarrow ‑ Historic
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarrow
- Yarrow is located in Adair County
- Kirksville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirksville
- Kirksville is located in Adair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,653 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kirksville <1>
- Millard
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millard
- Millard is located in Adair County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 85 people
- Grundy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Galt
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Galt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galt
- Galt is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galt <1>
- Laredo
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west) - Dunlap
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunlap
- Dunlap is located in Grundy County
- Tindall
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west) - Trenton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
- Trenton is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,620 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <1>
- Spickard
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spickard have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spickard
- Spickard is located in Grundy County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 236 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spickard <1>
- Hickory Creek
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hickory Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Creek
- Hickory Creek is located in Grundy County
- Linn County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Browning
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Purdin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Haseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Linneus
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south) - New Boston
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Boston have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Boston
- New Boston is located in Linn County
- Brookfield
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookfield have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
- Brookfield is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,178 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookfield <1>
- Laclede
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Laclede. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Laclede
- Laclede is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Laclede <1>
- Meadville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south) - Bucklin
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucklin
- Bucklin is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 431 people
- Forker
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south) - Marceline
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marceline
- Marceline is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,063 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marceline <1>
- Fountain Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fountain Grove. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fountain Grove
- Fountain Grove is located in Linn County
- Livingston County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Chula
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chula have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chula
- Chula is located in Livingston County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chula <1>
- Farmersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmersville
- Farmersville is located in Livingston County
- Wheeling
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Macon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Goldsberry
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Goldsberry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsberry
- Goldsberry is located in Macon County
- South Gifford
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Gifford
- South Gifford is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 48 people
- Hart
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast) - Ethel
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethel
- Ethel is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 60 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ethel <1>
- Elmer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmer
- Elmer is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 77 people
- Lingo
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast) - New Cambria
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
- New Cambria is located in Macon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cambria <1>
- Mercer County
- Ravanna
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravanna
- Ravanna is located in Mercer County
- Ravanna
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Lucerne
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north) - Unionville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Unionville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
- Unionville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <1>
- Saint John
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint John. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint John
- Saint John is located in Putnam County
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cora, see our County-by-County Page for Cora.
Cemeteries Near Cora ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cora.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cora covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- White Oak Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the White Oak Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the White Oak Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hollon Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hollon Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hollon Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Deep Spring Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Deep Spring Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Deep Spring Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Fields Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fields Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fields Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- McCulla Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCulla Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCulla Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Henry Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Henry Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Henry Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Schrock Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Schrock Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Schrock Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hatcher Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hatcher Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hatcher Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hoover Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoover Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Knifong Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Knifong Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Knifong Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hickory Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hickory Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Marlay Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Marlay Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Marlay Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Continue List (276 more) ...
- Oak Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Oak Grove Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Oak Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Glaze Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Glaze Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Glaze Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Prather Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Prather Cemetery
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Prather Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Oak Grove Cemetery
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Cora had a population of 78 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cora, with the one closest to Cora listed first.
- Reger
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest) - Browning
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browning
- Browning is located in Linn County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 243 people
- Milan
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
- Milan is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <1>
- Owasco
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east) - North Salem
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Salem have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Salem
- North Salem is located in Linn County
- Humphreys
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humphreys
- Humphreys is located in Sullivan County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 107 people
- Haseville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest) - Purdin
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south) - Shelby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast) - Leverton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south) - Winigan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east) - Sticklerville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sticklerville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<2>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sticklerville
- Sticklerville is located in Sullivan County
- Continue List (18 more) ...
- Boynton
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north) - Lindley
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west) - Sedgwick
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Boynton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cora. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cora.
Newspapers Published in Cora ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 94 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cora.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cora, there are papers which were published within 30 miles [48.3 km]<5>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cora.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cora:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Website for the //www.sos.mo.gov/archives/
- Pages specific to Sullivan County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adair County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Grundy County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Linn County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Livingston County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Macon County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Mercer County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Putnam County
- Jump to Cyndi's List
- Jump to Family Search
- Jump to Genealogy Trails
- Adair County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
- Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cyndi's List
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Sullivan County
- FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Missouri
- Find-A-Grave: Home Page
- Interment.net
- Cemeteries of Missouri
- Cemeteries of Sullivan County
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cora. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cora, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <5> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Cora) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Cora. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 40.1097, Longitude: -93.1305 In this case, the coordinates for Cora have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |